【推荐1】“How could she treat me like that?" said the voice in my head, over and over. It was 2011 and I felt deeply ______ due to my divorce (离婚).

One day I walked into the office, and my computer screen showed me the following _________

“Your password has expired(期满). _________‘Change password' to change your password." At my ______, the Microsoft Exchange Server is _________ to ask thousands of employees to change their passwords every 30 days.

It is an _________ job: The server (服务器) forces us to use at least one capital letter, at least one small letter, at least one _________ and at least one number. _________ the password can’t be less than 8 characters.

I was late that morning and I had a lot of work to _________. Changing a password was going to be a huge waste of time. Suddenly I remembered a _________ from my boss: use a password to change your life. I __________ to try it out. I shouldn’t let myself be a victim of my recent break-up. So my password became: Forgive@h3r. I had to _________ this statement several times in the following days, my _________ improved drastically. That simple action did help me walk out of the __________ emotion.

One month later, my server asked me again to _________ my password. I thought about the next thing I had to get done. My password became: Quit@smoking4ever. And _________ what happened. I _________ smoking overnight. One month later, my password became: Save4trip@thailand... Guess where I went 3 months later. I travelled to Thailand with _________.

Dear friend, why not have a try? _________ you try it with the positive attitude, maybe it could help to change your life _________ the better, too.

1.

A．moved

B．scared

C．depressed

D．delighted

2.

A．slogan

B．message

C．password

D．photo

3.

A．Check

B．Paste

C．Copy

D．Click

4.

A．workplace

B．market

C．library

D．school

5.

A．persuaded

B．required

C．designed

D．expected

6.

A．annoying

B．disappointing

C．inspiring

D．amazing

7.

A．site

B．sign

C．signal

D．symbol

8.

A．Therefore

B．Besides

C．However

D．Somehow

9.

A．read

B．discuss

C．handle

D．arrange

10.

A．trip

B．lip

C．quote

D．tip

11.

A．decided

B．agreed

C．managed

D．failed

12.

A．speak

B．type

C．write

D．remember

13.

A．performance

B．skill

C．ability

D．mood

14.

A．negative

B．complex

C．mixed

D．extreme

15.

A．review

B．renew

C．reuse

D．recall

16.

A．doubt

B．notice.

C．suggest

D．guess

17.

A．took up

B．put off

C．set about

D．gave up

18.

A．friends

B．packages

C．savings

D．changes

19.

A．If

B．Since

C．Though

D．Unless

20.

A．in

B．for

C．over

D．with

【推荐2】Lydia was a smart girl，very smart. She loved being with her friends，going shopping and doing what every other girl likes to do. There was only one ____ that made Lydia self-conscious(敏感):She was ____. One autumn day Lydia and her best friend Judy were taking the train to do one of their favorite ____: shopping. As a normal child，Judy, both caring and patient, spoke to Lydia in ____ language all the time. The train continued to make its occasional(临时) stops when a boy，no older than fifteen years old，sat in the ____ across from Lydia. Lydia couldn’t help but notice how often the boy would ____ over at her to watch her move her ____ rapidly. This was one of the things that made Lydia unhappy.

“Why must everyone stare at me?” Lydia asked her best friend，trying to ____ the boy’s stare. “Doesn’t he ____ that I am deaf? There is no need to stare at me. He is probably thinking that I am very ____ or disabled. I _____people who prejudge(预先判断)others!” Lydia had become quite ____ ...

___, the train came to a pause, waking up the boy in deep thought then. He got up, ready to get off at his ____. Instead of hurrying off the train, however, he ____ to Lydia casually and stared to _____his hands as she had just moments before. “Excuse me，but I couldn’t help but notice that you don’t like it when people stare at you. I’m ____ I made you uncomfortable. To be honest，just because of that，I ____ to get to “talk” to other ____ in here. I feel self-conscious and different，so I was _____when I saw you. I thought maybe we could be friends.” With that，the boy walked off the train.

1.

A．quality

B．detail

C．difference

D．ability

2.

A．shy

B．deaf

C．smart

D．selfish

3.

A．hobbies

B．sports

C．experiments

D．exercises

4.

A．native

B．written

C．foreign

D．sign

5.

A．train

B．seat

C．front

D．back

6.

A．glanced

B．called

C．laughed

D．pointed

7.

A．hands

B．position

C．baggage

D．purse

8.

A．catch

B．avoid

C．disturb

D．face

9.

A．remember

B．care

C．understand

D．realize

10.

A．self-conscious

B．attractive

C．strange

D．painful

11.

A．admire

B．pity

C．dislike

D．appreciate

12.

A．shocked

B．upset

C．frightened

D．worried

13.

A．Suddenly

B．Naturally

C．Immediately

D．Directly

14.

A．school

B．home

C．stop

D．store

15.

A．drove

B．rushed

C．announced

D．headed

16.

A．move

B．shake

C．raise

D．wave

17.

A．sorry

B．surprised

C．relieved

D．frustrated

18.

A．agree

B．promise

C．expect

D．continue

19.

A．tourists

B．girls

C．boys

D．passengers

20.

A．curious

B．determined

C．sad

D．excited

【推荐3】In Washington DC, there is an entrepreneurial (创业的) teen, who owns and _________ his own bakery business. Young Michael Platt is the owner of Michael’s Desserts.

Born with a (n) _________ love for sweets, he became _________ in baking when he was nine. Since he was diagnosed with severe epilepsy (癫痫) at 10, Michael has been homeschooled by his mother. With his activities _________ by his medical condition, Michael threw himself into _________ However, this is not just a (n) _________ bakery business. It operates on a one for one donation model for every cupcake sold he _________ one to the homeless.

“I knew that I wanted to start a (n) _________, but I knew I didn’t just want to make_________ -I also wanted to ____________ people in need at the same time, “he says. His business ____________ creates new baked goods, which include ____________ cookies and cupcakes, and cupcakes are his biggest seller.

Stephanie Gerstenblith, one of his ____________, comes to buy cupcakes every day. She says that Michael’s cupcakes are not only delicious, but also have ____________her to “provide everyone with sweetness”.

____________ running his bakery, Michael hosts bake sales for the non-profit No Kid Hungry. Jessica Bomberg, a leader of fund-raising for the campaign. says. “Young heroes like Michael prove that everyone can make a difference in society.

It is Michael’s faith that everyone should take the responsibility to take care of others. “When I see people lack foods, I want to give them something.” he says. “It’s my way of telling them that they haven’t been forgotten.”

1.

A．displays

B．increases

C．runs

D．evaluates

2.

A．occasional

B．shocking

C．abnormal

D．incredible

3.

A．interested

B．convinced

C．disappointed

D．tired

4.

A．guided

B．limited

C．delayed

D．improved

5.

A．baking

B．study

C．work

D．research

6.

A．difficult

B．strange

C．special

D．ordinary

7.

A．returns

B．shows

C．gives

D．lends

8.

A．innovation

B．business

C．school

D．conversation

9.

A．history

B．friends

C．money

D．mistakes

10.

A．help

B．detect

C．teach

D．save

11.

A．apparently

B．barely

C．potentially

D．constantly

12.

A．simple

B．popular

C．official

D．meaningful

13.

A．classmates

B．customers

C．relatives

D．colleagues

14.

A．inspired

B．warned

C．forced

D．asked

15.

A．Rather than

B．Such as

C．Due to

D．Apart from

【推荐1】Cake and birthdays go hand in hand. However, on her first birthday, Akeesha Rose __ an extra special treat. Her aunt, Leah O'Brien, had placed an order for a Peppa Pig themed ___at a bakery. Little did she know that when she went to____it, another customer had paid for it and left a __ for the ^“birthday girl". It read： " __ what would have been my little girl’s first birthday, I have chosen to pay for your birthday cake. I am __ to buy my daughter a cake of her own today, but I hope you enjoy this one and have a fantastic birthday. Hannah's __ ."

Ms. O'Brien told BBC News NI she was "overjoyed". "I'd never heard of anything like this happening before. It was such a kind __."

Determined （坚定的）to find out more about Hannah, and to thank her dad, Ms. O Brien ___pictures of the cake and card on Facebook.

"I __ wasn't sure if the family would be happy with me doing so, but I really wanted to reach out to them," she told BBC News NI.

With thousands of people liking, __ and commenting, it wasn't too long before Ms. O’Brien uncovered the __ of Hannah's father — Gareth Bronte.

Tuesday 10 September would've been my daughter's first birthday,” he told BBC News NI. "Unfortunately, she died after eight days and I wasn't going to get the __ to buy her a birthday cake. But I wanted to share some___ about in her memory. I walked into the bakery. said I wanted to __ for someone else's birthday cake and explained the reason why. And it just so __ that there was a cake ordered for the one-year-old girl."

"Some people said my actions had restored some faith in humanity （人，性）for them, but I just___ it for Hannah."

Kristy, Gareth's wife, said she hoped his actions would open a __ for other parents who had lost children and help ___their sadness.

After Mr. Bronte's act of kindness, Ms. O'Brien felt driven to follow suit and put money towards another __ cake at the bakery.

1.

A．received

B．exchanged

C．prepared

D．eyed

2.

A．bag

B．book

C．cake

D．doll

3.

A．record

B．observe

C．find

D．collect

4.

A．card

B．gift

C．souvenir

D．cartoon

5.

A．In hope of

B．In memory of

C．In praise of

D．In need of

6.

A．willing

B．unable

C．thankful

D．uncertain

7.

A．uncle

B．mommy

C．aunt

D．daddy

8.

A．gesture

B．opinion

C．explanation

D．impression

9.

A．painted

B．showed off

C．posted

D．carried on

10.

A．gradually

B．similarly

C．finally

D．honestly

11.

A．directing

B．talking

C．sharing

D．imitating

12.

A．habit

B．name

C．portrait

D．character

13.

A．preparation

B．money

C．chance

D．permission

14.

A．kindness

B．sorrow

C．joys

D．belief

15.

A．look

B．order

C．ask

D．pay

16.

A．seemed

B．happened

C．showed

D．offered

17.

A．wrote

B．made

C．admitted

D．did

18.

A．conversation

B．shop

C．business

D．book

19.

A．destroy

B．reduce

C．face

D．explore

20.

A．parent's

B．friend's

C．stranger's

D．family's

【推荐2】“Hi! How are you?” A woman smiled as she took the seat beside me. She had to lower herself slowly, squeezing her fat body into the seat, ________ all available space. I ________ a little towards the window, feeling worried silently about the long hours of ________ I was going to experience with this monster (巨物) beside me.

She said, “My name is Laura. I’m from Britain. If we’re going to spend six hours side by side on this ________, we’d better be friends.” Then she started a conversation with me and didn’t ________ my unfriendly reactions. She talked ________ about herself and her trip to Hong Kong.

I gave her one-word answers to her questions about me. Not affected by my ________, she nodded as she made ________ about my answers. She was warm and considerate, ________ that I had room to stretch in my seat.

I couldn’t help but let down my ________ slowly. Laura was an interesting conversationalist. During our conversation, Laura ________ to make every crew member on the plane who ________ us walk away laughing at her jokes.

I asked Laura, “Have you ever ________ losing some weight?” “No. I don’t trust the advertisements from slimming centers at all.” “You aren’t worried about the diseases that come with being ________? Not at all. You only ________ the diseases if you’re worried about your weight all the time. I eat ________ and walk regularly; I’m this size ________ I was born to be big! There is more to life than worrying about weight all day long.” She drank her wine. “Besides, God gave me so much ________ that I need a bigger body to hold all of it! Why would I lose weight to lose my happiness?”

________ by her unusual reasoning, I smiled. I suddenly ________ that Laura was the most beautiful woman I had ever met in my life.

1.

A．filling

B．making

C．finding

D．clearing

2.

A．walked

B．turned

C．moved

D．changed

3.

A．darkness

B．tiredness

C．silence

D．discomfort

4.

A．bus

B．train

C．flight

D．ship

5.

A．take part in

B．take notice of

C．think highly of

D．catch up with

6.

A．excitedly

B．nervously

C．gently

D．sadly

7.

A．doubt

B．disappointment

C．coldness

D．dissatisfaction

8.

A．notes

B．comments

C．predictions

D．noises

9.

A．explaining

B．believing

C．ensuring

D．finding

10.

A．attention

B．attitude

C．idea

D．guard

11.

A．managed

B．pretended

C．forgot

D．failed

12.

A．charged

B．served

C．treated

D．warned

13.

A．excused

B．reacted

C．combined

D．considered

14.

A．overweight

B．critical

C．embarrassed

D．anxious

15.

A．prevent

B．get

C．understand

D．remove

16.

A．slowly

B．hardly

C．healthily

D．actively

17.

A．if

B．because

C．though

D．until

18.

A．happiness

B．work

C．pain

D．wealth

19.

A．Encouraged

B．Upset

C．Exhausted

D．Amazed

20.

A．hoped

B．imagined

C．realized

D．remembered

【推荐3】I’m from the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, but I’ve lived in Denver for quite a few years. I have a friend that also lives in Denver who is originally from Oklahoma. We got talking about how homesick we were, and he suggested that we go spend a couple of weeks with his grandma but informed me of two things.

The first was that his grandmother might not be particularly fond of Shawnee people. This was because of a thing that had happened between our tribes in the late 1800s. The second thing was that she could be a little bit persistent about inviting people to go to church with her on Sunday.

I grew up with an Irish Catholic mother and a Shawnee father, and so I was very open to all kinds of different spiritual beliefs. Thus I promised my friend that I could be diplomatic with his grandmother if she was persistent with her invitations, and I even thought that maybe I could win her over to liking Shawnee people.

When we got inside, he introduced us. I addressed her as Miss Myrtle to show extra respect. Her greeting was polite but not particularly warm. But over the next week I took her to Tulsa to run errands (做琐碎的事情), I fixed her chicken coop, and I used all my best manners to win her over. At dinner that night she said to me, “You know, Alistair, it’s been nice having you here. Now, you know this Sunday is Mother’s Day. Of course, at my age I never know if this could be my last Mother’s Day. There’s just one thing I want. I would like you to be my special guest at church on Sunday.”

We got to the church. People walked up the center aisle and put some money into this little wooden collection box, and that bought them the privilege of inviting somebody from the congregation (集会) up to sing a “Special.” A Special, it turned out, is a solo hymn (赞美诗；圣歌). And then Miss Myrtle started up the aisle. When she reached the front, she scanned the congregation, found me, and said, “My grandson brought a friend with him from Denver. His name is Alistair, and he is from the Eastern Shawnee Tribe. But he is a very nice person. Alistair, I would like you to come up here and sing us a Special.”

I immediately began making “no” gestures and grinning. But my friend had grabbed me by the arm and was guiding me over his knees in the narrow pew. He said, “Grandma’s going to be so happy.”

And the next thing I knew, I was out in the center aisle, and it almost felt like there was some invisible force pushing me toward the front of the church. It could have been God. And I was hoping that, if it was God, when I reached the microphone, God would choose that moment to work a super-big miracle and make it so that I could sing.

The music started, and I started to sing. “Michael, row your boat ashore, alleluia. Michael, row your boat ashore ...” It was about the time I reached the second alleluia (哈利路亚的欢呼声) that I realized that was in fact the only line I remembered.

And then, finally, I stopped. The organist, who was not quite sure what was happening, continued to play, but when she realized it was finally over, she stopped in kind of an abrupt way, and then there was silence, and in that silence I walked back down the aisle. Suddenly an applause broke out and then more and more joined in. I sat back down. Miss Myrtle was on the other side of me. But once I was settled in my seat, she leaned toward me slightly and said, “I don’t believe I’ve ever met someone that didn’t know at least one hymn.” There wasn’t a whole lot I could say about that, so I was just like, “Happy Mother’s Day.”

1. From the first two paragraphs, we can know that the writer ______.

A．has a friend whose home origin is Denver

B．lives in a distant tribe of Shawnee

C．is suffering periods of homesickness

D．won’t be warmly received by the grandma

2. Miss Myrtle was a little cold when seeing the writer probably because ______.

A．she had been told he was Shawnee	B．she was too old to be so warm
C．her last Mother’s Day was coming	D．he had declined her invitation

3. The process of the author winning Miss Myrtle over can be best described by “________”.

A．Faith can move mountains	B．Nurture passes nature
C．Fact is stranger than fiction	D．Custom makes all things easy

4. Why did the writer made “no” gesture when invited to sing a hymn?

A．He was too shy to do it.	B．He had different spiritual belief
C．Some invisible force pushed him	D．He did not know any hymn at all

5. From the last paragraph we can know that ______.

A．the writer sang so well that he was warmly applauded

B．the writer was really pride of the unexpected result

C．Miss Myrtle was quite unsatisfied with the writer

D．Miss Myrtle was grateful for the writer’s special thyme

6. Which of the following could be the best title?

A．A Hymn to End All Hymns	B．A Hymn to Embarrass Grandma
C．An Experience to Turn Around	D．An Experience to Learn To Sing

【推荐1】Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new _________ in high school.

_________, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts (选拔赛) for cheerleaders (拉拉队队员). She was _________ against very talented girls, and she knew it would be _________ for her to be selected. Two hours later, the _________ read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart sank as the list ended without her name. Feeling _________, she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was _________. She moved on to English and history, and was relieved to find that she didn’t have any _________ with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to _________ math for the time being.

The next day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school __________. Mrs. Biden wasn’t as enthusiastic (热情的) as Jenna. “I’m sorry, but we have enough ________ for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled __________ and left. “Why is high school so __________?” she sighed.

Later in __________ class, Jenna applied herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much trouble. By the end of class, she __________ how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d __________ to try to fit in at her new school. She wasn’t __________ whether she’d succeed, but she knew she had to __________.

High school was just as her mom had said, “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond __________ a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the __________ fish you can be.”

1.

A．subjects

B．decisions

C．exercises

D．challenges

2.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Otherwise

D．Besides

3.

A．competing

B．arguing

C．protecting

D．speaking

4.

A．difficult

B．easy

C．likely

D．interesting

5.

A．employer

B．boss

C．applicant

D．judge

6.

A．strange

B．happy

C．disappointed

D．lonely

7.

A．struggling

B．improving

C．working

D．complaining

8.

A．trouble

B．confidence

C．patience

D．opportunities

9.

A．put up

B．prepare for

C．worry about

D．give up

10.

A．committee

B．newspaper

C．radio

D．team

11.

A．speakers

B．readers

C．cheerleaders

D．writers

12.

A．happily

B．weakly

C．excitedly

D．brightly

13.

A．similar

B．ordinary

C．different

D．familiar

14.

A．physics

B．history

C．English

D．math

15.

A．understood

B．guessed

C．imagined

D．dreamed

16.

A．refuse

B．continue

C．seem

D．offer

17.

A．afraid

B．interested

C．sure

D．upset

18.

A．swim

B．try

C．ask

D．escape

19.

A．in return for

B．in case of

C．in search of

D．instead of

20.

A．smartest

B．smallest

C．best

D．gentlest

【推荐2】It was already half past seven and I was running late again for the dinner appointment with my wife, Eleanor. We had _______ to meet at the restaurant at seven o'clock. I felt a little uneasy, but to my _______, I had a good excuse: A business meeting had run over and I’d wasted no time getting to the dinner.

When I arrived at the _______, I apologized and told Eleanor I didn’t mean to be late. She screamed, “You never mean to.” Well, I could _______ she was angry. “I’m sorry but it was not _______.” I said. Then I told her about the business meeting. _______, my explanation seemed to make things worse.

Several weeks later, when I _______ the situation to my friend Ken Hardy, he smiled, “You _______ a classic mistake. You’re _______ in your own way of thinking. You didn’t ________ to be late. But that’s not the point. What is ________ in your communication is how your lateness affected Eleanor.”

Thinking more about Ken’s words, I ________ recognized the root cause of such disagreement. It’s the result of the action that really ________. I should have started the conversation by expressing how my actions ________ Eleanor and saved the discussions about my intention for later, much later and even never.

Later on, after talking to Eleanor and really ________ her experience of the results of my lateness, I’ve managed to be on time a lot more frequently.

1.

A．started

B．agreed

C．continued

D．managed

2.

A．relief

B．surprise

C．regret

D．sorrow

3.

A．house

B．room

C．restaurant

D．supermarket

4.

A．tell

B．say

C．admit

D．permit

5.

A．movable

B．comfortable

C．acceptable

D．avoidable

6.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Moreover

D．Otherwise

7.

A．spread

B．wrote

C．translated

D．described

8.

A．knew

B．made

C．found

D．took

9.

A．stuck

B．recognized

C．struck

D．fitted

10.

A．need

B．prove

C．pretend

D．intend

11.

A．funny

B．important

C．possible

D．simple

12.

A．usually

B．merely

C．hardly

D．gradually

13.

A．inspires

B．matters

C．improves

D．challenges

14.

A．affected

B．infected

C．disliked

D．cheated

15.

A．showing

B．satisfying

C．understanding

D．destroying

【推荐3】This happened when I was ten. On a normal Sunday, I went to the barber shop where I always went. That day, along with the barber there was an assistant, who had recently ___________ the shop.

So I sat for the haircut. The uncle asked me how ___________ I wanted it. I answered, “Just do as my dad had ___________ you the last time.”

He smiled. Before starting the ___________, he added, “What if I keep it long?”

I ___________ he was joking. So I joked too. I said, “I can’t ___________ what would happen to your shop then!”

The moment I said itthe assistant ___________ from behind. “How dare do you say that! Who are you to threaten us, eh?”

I admit I was too ___________ at that moment and the uncle standing beside me was giving me an ___________ look.

From that day on, I ____________ stopped joking about anyone’s profession and works. It is one of the most ____________ incidents in my life, which taught me to ____________ the profession and works of a person, no matter how ____________ they are.

I’m ____________ that the assistant responded in a way that made me rethink the power of my words. Words do make a ____________.

1.

A．joined

B．opened

C．left

D．visited

2.

A．much

B．long

C．often

D．soon

3.

A．convinced

B．reminded

C．promised

D．instructed

4.

A．chat

B．journey

C．experiment

D．haircut

5.

A．agreed

B．knew

C．protested

D．stressed

6.

A．forget

B．bear

C．guarantee

D．explore

7.

A．attacked

B．laughed

C．shouted

D．disappeared

8.

A．concerned

B．proud

C．frightened

D．curious

9.

A．anxious

B．annoyed

C．determined

D．awkward

10.

A．suddenly

B．completely

C．obviously

D．regularly

11.

A．important

B．creative

C．sacred

D．confusing

12.

A．respect

B．copy

C．change

D．learn

13.

A．tough

B．small

C．good

D．traditional

14.

A．upset

B．confident

C．embarrassed

D．grateful

15.

A．comment

B．mistake

C．difference

D．comparison